The Food Service industry has suffered immensely due to closure of restaurants / bars, plus the suspension of the cruise industry, cultural, and sporting events, etc. This has been particularly difficult for us because it consists of roughly 20% of our movement and Food Service generally takes small-sized fruit which supermarkets do not purchase in great volume. Fru-Veg was able to find a solution! A number of consumers preferred to start buying produce packaged in a clamshell or bag vs individual loose pieces on a shelf. We immediately purchased material locally to start packing our smaller sized fruits in bags. We experienced a great demand for the bags at our supermarkets throughout the east coast of the US.
El coronavirus llegó cuando el mundo se estaba adoptando cada vez más a la economía en línea, y el día que tuvimos que quedarnos en casa marcó un punto de inflexión en las conductas de consumo. Al principio hubo cautela, pero enseguida empezaron a repuntar las compras electrónicas, sobre todo en los rubros de alimentos, farmacia, productos de limpieza, entretenimiento y conectividad.
Según una nueva investigación global de Kerry Group, empresa líder mundial de Taste and Nutrition, durante los primeros tres meses del año ha habido un creciente interés en el fortalecimiento del sistema inmunológico en los principales países de América Latina.
Según el más reciente reporte de Euromonitor International, la incertidumbre financiera obligará a los compradores a recortar sus gastos en productos premium.
Walmart is the biggest retailer on the planet. ThredUP bills itself as the largest online thrift store. Now, the two have announced an online partnership that will give consumers access to 750,000 pre-owned women’s and children’s items, accessories, footwear and handbags from thredUP on Walmart’s site.
Investment in alternative protein — both plant-based and cell-based options — was $930 million in the first quarter of 2020, according to the Good Food Institute. Not only is this a record amount of funding, but investment in the first three months of this year exceeds the $824 million invested in the segment in all of 2019 by 11%.
Walmart’s first-quarter earnings report and webcast confirmed many of the trends discussed since the start of the pandemic, including the surge of interest in online grocery.
The new coronavirus COVID-19 hasn’t changed one reality: Publix has an iron grip on Florida grocery sales.
The following statement is attributed to Mindy Brashears, Ph.D., USDA Under Secretary for Food Safety, and Frank Yiannas, FDA Deputy Commissioner for Food Policy and Response.